Domaine Amelie & Charles Sparr 'Carpe Diem' Pinot Noir

Charles Sparr represents the eighth generation of his family of negociants-vignerons to tend vines in Alsace; his wife Amelie hails from the larger Barmès-Buecher winemaking clan, natives of Wettolsheim. Inheriting vineyards from both sides of the family—some 30 acres in seven villages, including four grand crus—the young couple started their own domaine in 2017, the goal to create terroir-true, dry wines according to organic/biodynamic principles. 

Their 'Carpe Diem' Pinot Noir is a lifted, pretty, and pure medium-bodied Alsatian red. Red berries of cranberry, raspberry, and cherry are accompanied by wet Earth, granite, spice, and florals of violets and dried rose petals. Very pleasant and not unlike red Burgundy!